How to rip your favourite DVDs and enjoy them on your iPod

[anniebehrman]

Nowadays most iPod converting software is increasingly popular as the renewing of iPod generations. This guide is written for users to learn clearly about how to use Pavtube DVD to iPod Converter and general iPod knowledge as well.

Before you convert the DVD to your iPod, the general knowledge of DVD and iPod may benefit you.

About DVD
DVD generally stands for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc. There are VOB, IFO, BUP files in the folder named VIDEO_TS, under the DVD folder. The VOB files generally contain showing data like video, audio, subtitle, etc. The IFO files contain the navigation information of how the data show up. The BUP files are the backup of the IFO files.

About iPod
Under the iPod brand, Apple has released the hard drive-based iPod classic, the touchscreen iPod touch, the video-capable iPod nano, the compact iPod mini and the screenless iPod shuffle. The iPod can play MP3, AAC/M4A, Protected AAC, AIFF, WAV, Audible audiobook, and Apple Lossless audio file formats; the fifth generation iPod can also play MPEG-4(H.264/MPEG-4 AVC), mp4 and QuickTime video formats, with restrictions on video dimensions, encoding techniques and data-rates.

Step1: Download and install Pavtube DVD to iPod Converter.

Step2: Load DVD video.
Insert a DVD of your choice; run the program, and click Load DVD or Load IFO for the entire DVD or just some titles.


Step3: Choose the output format and advanced settings.
You can choose one of the iPod formats which you need.


Click on the "Settings" button for the advanced settings like video codec, bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio codec, bit rate, etc. Just click on the item you want to specify, and a drop down button can give the perfect setting to you.


For example, the fifth generation of iPod supports the following settings:
H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Low-Complexity Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats.

You can change to the above settings with MP4 as output format.

Step4: Set output path.
Click on the browse button to change the output folder for the conversion.
Click on the "Open" button to open the folder directly.


Step5: Start conversion
When you get all the settings to your choice, click on the "Start" button and the checked files will be listed on the "Ripping" window for conversion.


Step6: Put the output videos to iPod.
Open your iTunes →connect your iPod to iTunes→Import the converted video to iTunes library→ Drag the imported video to your iPod's video